The upcoming Summit of the Future is an opportunity to turbocharge efforts toward a more peaceful, secure, and sustainable world. Discussions on revitalizing the work of the General Assembly and the Security Council reform can further serve as avenues…
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At an IPI event on “Postelection Sudan and the Way Forward,” Erik Solheim, Norway’s Minister of the Environment and International Development, said the stakeholders in the Sudan peace process “have every reason to move on with a good process” and “have shown ability—Bashir, Salva Kiir, and all the others—at the end of the day to […]
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On April 14th, IPI and the permanent mission of Turkey to the UN brought together nearly one hundred members of the UN community to discuss combating incitement to terrorism and promoting international dialogue and cooperation to that end. Ambassador Ertuğrul Apakan of Turkey observed in his opening remarks that, despite the efforts of the international […]
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At a panel discussion on the African Union’s ‘s peacemaking efforts in Darfur, panelist Seth Appiah-Mensah likened the actions taken by the AU to “a baby taking its first steps.”“If you look at a child when he starts the first steps, and the parent, they understand that this child is going to make mistakes,” said […]
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Afghanistan expert Michael Semple told an audience at IPI that one of the key pieces in formulating a path to reconciliation in Afghanistan is determining if there is “a critical mass inside the Taliban movement that does not aspire to have a monopoly over political power.” “Many of the conversations which I heard certainly indicate […]
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IPI’s policy forum on February 23rd brought together Ambassador Ertuğrul Apakan of Turkey and three expert panelists to discuss a recent IPI book Security & Development: Searching for Critical Connections and assess the promise and shortcomings of integrating security and development policies.Two of the book’s three co-editors served on the panel. Co-editor Neclâ Tschirgi said […]
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